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OKLAHOMA CITY – Campus security and Oklahoma City Police did not find anything suspicious on the campus of OSU-OKC following a bomb threat Tuesday afternoon. Authorities evacuated the college after a woman called in the threat. Campus will be closing effective immediately, please make your way to the nearest exit. This is not a drill. — OSU-Oklahoma City (@OSUOKC) April 23, 2013 Police said the caller claimed the explosive would go off sometime before 11 p.m. Officials went from building to […]

EDMOND, Okla. – Oklahoma runners are wearing red socks to show their support for the city of Boston. Over 50 runners took part in a 5k through the streets of Edmond Monday night. Most of them were wearing knee-high red socks. “That’s a tragic event that happened and as runners we kind of band together and it is a great thing for us to show the support for those people in Boston,” runner Jeff Thionnet said. Runners chose to wear […]

EDMOND, Okla. – An Oklahoma City police officer is accused of altering the prices on items at a retail store and trying to purchase those products at a discount. Barry Lanzner, 49, switched the UPC labels on several items so when scanned at the register the items would be significantly cheaper, according to investigators. The incident happened at the Walmart on the 2200 block of W. Danforth. Edmond Police spokesperson Jenny Monroe said Lanzner purchased $149 worth of stuff for […]

DEL CITY, Okla. – Karen and Reginald McAllister have called it home for 17 years but now the couple is not allowed to legally enter their own home. Del City officials condemned the home on the 1500 block of Hampton Drive because of safety concerns. The couple told News Channel 4 the decision has left them homeless because they can’t afford to make all of the repairs and can’t return to the home until they do. “I’m going to do […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – An underground transformer exploded sparking a small fire in downtown Oklahoma City Friday night. Oklahoma Gas and Electric workers were working in the tunnel below the street when the transformer malfunctioned near Park Ave. and Broadway. Witnesses saw smoke and flames coming up through an opening in the sidewalk. Oklahoma City Fire Department Battalion Chief Tommy Lago said there were three people in the tunnel. All of them are OK. “They went down about 12 to 15 […]

OKLAHOMA CITY – Firefighters pulled an unconscious man from a house filled with smoke and flames Wednesday afternoon. Oklahoma City firefighters found him inside a bedroom at a home near N.W. 23rd and Villa. Battalion Chief Mike Walker said the man was suffering from smoke inhalation. “They were able to locate the victim within just a couple of minutes and bring him out, hopefully he’ll live,” Walker said. He was the only person inside the house. Fire investigators said they […]

JONES, Okla. – Police arrested two people accused of dealing drugs out of their apartment Monday. Tura McLaughlin, 37, and Rocky Hanover, 23, were taken into custody. Jones Police served a search warrant at their apartment at the Garden Walk Apartments where they said they found nine grams of “ice” and several other drugs. “It is the purest form of methamphetamine there is,” Sgt. Joe Bradley said. “Generally the ice methamphetamine comes straight from Mexico.” Sgt. Bradley said police received […]

WYNNEWOOD, Okla. – Not a day goes by without tears. Kari Smith and LeeAnna Mann didn’t know each other before but now are very close following the deaths of their husbands six months ago. Russell Mann, 45, and Billy Smith, 34, were killed after a boiler exploded at a Wynnewood Refinery in Sept. 2012. “I’ve called her all hours of the night and we have cried,” Mann said. Smith said, “In the situation that we are in, you don’t find […]

JONES, Okla. – A man accused of sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl cursed at television cameras as he was placed into a police car Wednesday afternoon. John McClung was arrested on multiple charges including rape by instrumentation and lewd or indecent proposals or acts to a child under 16. McClung yelled “Got to get that G**d*** camera out of my face right now please. I mean it get the h*** out of here.” Jones Police arrested McClung following a two-month […]

OKLAHOMA CITY- A multi-million dollar waterway project that will link the Bricktown Canal to the Oklahoma River is nearly 60 percent complete, according to an Oklahoma City official. In December, the river was drained so construction crews could extend the waterway near the Boathouse District. It will be longer and closer to the south end of the Bricktown Canal. The canal and the waterway will not connect but it will make it easier for passengers to transfer between the Oklahoma […]

NORMAN, Okla. – Charges were filed against a group of men accused of selling thousands of dollars in counterfeit tickets to the Notre Dame-OU game last fall. Investigators have identified five suspects who traveled from Georgia to sell fake tickets outside the stadium, according to court documents filed by the Cleveland County District Attorney’s Office. OU senior Jake Warren and a friend purchased two tickets for $100 after the game was underway. Stadium officials informed them that the tickets were […]